New Faculty: Adam Harris

2024 New Faculty

By | Staff , A&S Communications

Adam Harris

Assistant Professor, Economics

Academic focus: 

Industrial organization, transportation, artificial intelligence

Current research project: 

I study the economics of transportation and technology with a particular focus on freight trucking and artificial intelligence. Current projects, including “Decision-Making with Machine Prediction: Evidence from Predictive Maintenance in Trucking,” study efficiency and resilience in the U.S. trucking industry and how professional human decision-makers use assistive AI tools.

Previous positions:

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2023-2024

Academic background:

  • Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023
  • B.S., Economics and applied mathematics, Yale, 2017

Last book read: 

“The Deluge” by Adam Tooze

In your own time/when not working: 

Hiking, running

Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching: 

ECON 7510, industrial organization course for graduate students

What most excites you about Cornell: 

I'm excited to learn from and collaborate with remarkable colleagues both inside and outside of the economics department, to teach and work with students, and to enjoy Ithaca's natural beauty.

Website:

www.adamharris.phd

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